Microsoft Just Scored A HUGE Win For Windows 8 With The Department Of Defensehttp://www.businessinsider.com/microsoft-windows-8-department-of-defense-2013-1/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 31 Mar 2015 14:50:41 -0400Julie Borthttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f30f7869bedd5b3f00000cJames MackenzieSun, 13 Jan 2013 14:48:08 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50f30f7869bedd5b3f00000c
This is where Microsoft make it's money - volume installations and discounts.
Chances are, the DOD is upgrading a lot of XP machines as XP is finally at the end of it's lifecycle. Any hardware upgrades will be running Windows 8. Including information like this would have been helpful to this article.
Chances are most applications that the DOD needs run on windows, there isn't a lot of boring science, math, geography and the like being done on Macs.
There is no way there would have been any other decision for DOD. but rave on all,. rave on...http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e93040eab8ea5e04000037uglybuttersSun, 06 Jan 2013 03:05:20 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e93040eab8ea5e04000037
Moreover, many of the mixed reviews solely take umbrage at the start menu's new ui and the metro side of the os, while virtually everyone reviewing it has otherwise praised its performance and stability on new and preexisting machines. (Anecdotally, it's much faster than 7!!)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e789f9ecad04b067000012Oderus UrungusFri, 04 Jan 2013 21:03:37 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e789f9ecad04b067000012
probably low bid.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e77e58ecad046e5400000aamiramiFri, 04 Jan 2013 20:14:00 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e77e58ecad046e5400000a
The DOD and the ARMY are buying for corporate welfare? Did you really just say that? Maybe the dept of forestry, not the Defense department! And don't buy the hype about no company upgrading to windows 8. Hell 1/2 of them haven't upgraded past XP. Enterprises are MUCH slower to adopt than consumers.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e77dd669beddf967000018amiramiFri, 04 Jan 2013 20:11:50 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e77dd669beddf967000018
That makes no sense. We live in a global economy, especially when it comes to tech. No one country has autonomous possession over one company be it Apple, Google, Microsoft, or Samsung.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e77d4169beddae6f00000bamiramiFri, 04 Jan 2013 20:09:21 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e77d4169beddae6f00000b
"Windows has a reputation with enterprises as being full of security holes. Less than a month after it went on sale"
"These defense agencies were already customers of Microsoft."
Wow you guys really are full of stupid aren't you? Windows has no reputation with Enterprises that any other OS doesn't. Enterprises, the ones that have more than 2 brain cells, recognize windows has more security issues because it is the most popular os and as such is the most popular for hackers and Trojan creators. Same as Android for mobile. Windows also has industry leading enterprise security suites such as Forefront and Security essentials but that one skipped by you right?
And who the crap cares about them already being Windows customers? that means they can't lose them in a heartbeat? I really am starting to wonder, what's your IT infrastructure running?
Even in an article about a Microsoft win, you just can't help but perform your usual bashing. Its pathetic really and makes your entire organization look unprofessional. Business Insider seems to know nothing about actual IT business.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e764fe69bedd7b3200000dKaren YouthFri, 04 Jan 2013 18:25:50 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e764fe69bedd7b3200000d
Windows 8 / Metro is the coolest thing that happened to IT in the last 10 years. Sorry turtleneck lovers, but that UI with icons is so 5years ago, I sh** you not my beige tie wearer boss has an iPhone, my cleaning lady has an iPhone, damn... it was cool 5 years ago, it now just stinks "populace".http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e75b55eab8ea9a2c00000adime09Fri, 04 Jan 2013 17:44:37 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e75b55eab8ea9a2c00000a
Well, the DoD need proper machines to defend America. Who will feel safe if the Army went to war with a load of iPads in their laps? Come on now, Appleheads, don't make me laugh!http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e75844eab8eacb24000007JoseFri, 04 Jan 2013 17:31:32 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e75844eab8eacb24000007
Americans are funny, bash their own high profile and famous companies like there's no tomorrow and buy insane amounts of Samsungs and other Asian companies.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e7538cecad040608000001Griddle JimFri, 04 Jan 2013 17:11:24 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e7538cecad040608000001
Sounds like a waste of taxpayer dollars. As far as I know, NO major businesses are upgrading to Windows 8. Win 8 is optimized for entertainment and tablets. Even Dell continues to sell Win 7 for all business PCs. So why does the DOD need Win 8??? Answer: They don't. This is just more corporate welfare.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e74d7e69beddc773000009MiikeFri, 04 Jan 2013 16:45:34 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e74d7e69beddc773000009
BI has to be the most anti-MS site I've ever read, it's really almost frightening.
And yeah, it would actually be funny to see the military with iPads; turtlenecks and tweeting about M$ being a greedy company, with bookmark on BI, for the lolz.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e740a8ecad04285d000013vijay Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:50:48 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e740a8ecad04285d000013
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DOD probably has 450K civilian employees, but there are also a large number of military personnel that would also require a license (not every solider, sailor, or airman would require one, but it would be safe to assume that 1/3 - 1/2 do), so the number of licenses purchased is probably bigger than 330,000 you cite.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e737fe6bb3f7e33c000008citizen1Fri, 04 Jan 2013 15:13:50 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e737fe6bb3f7e33c000008
Who got paid off here? Does Windows 8 offer anything for DoD that 7 or even XP doesn't have?
DoD uses technology in many critical areas that dates back to the 1940s. Much of that works well enough, while much should be updated,
Why spend my money upgrading to the hated Windows 8 when there is no benefit to that and better ways to use that money - MY money?
Except benefits to those who got paid off.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e735c4eab8ea105800000bTantrumFri, 04 Jan 2013 15:04:20 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e735c4eab8ea105800000b
This site is an anti-Microsoft groupie blog, mostly knocking Microsoft for things they stopped doing 15 years ago. Folks like Jay Yarrow, Julie Bort and others use their platform of ignorant, massively simplified groupthink to spread falsehoods and windbag perceptions. They need to be called out. I wonder what they'll be writing about when Windows OEMs tune their touch screen supply chains and start shipping Windows 8 in earnest. They have tried their hardest to push the Windows 8 is dying PCs are dead meme because iPads are doing very well and will grow like crazy. Here's the reality anti-Microsoft don't want to acknowledge. Nearly 90% of the hundreds of millions of people in the world who will buy a PC in the next 2 years will buy a machine running Windows. The overall computing pie has grown. Windows PCs are now a much smaller piece of the much larger computing pie as the world incorporates mobile and tablets, but they're not going away any time soon.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e72cad6bb3f7292700000btrecerFri, 04 Jan 2013 14:25:33 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e72cad6bb3f7292700000b
Actually, Windows 8 for tablets has not been universally panned. It's been universally praised, if anything. It's the PC version that hasn't gotten mixed reviews.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e724ea69bedd8f11000007You_Don't_Know_SecurityFri, 04 Jan 2013 13:52:26 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e724ea69bedd8f11000007
The quote copied below is a total joke. What is your source for this "reputation" you refer to? If you read the year-end reports from most security experts, Windows fared just fine. Kaspersky Labs report on the top 10 security stories from 2012 (<a href="http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792254/Kaspersky_Security_Bulletin_2012_Malware_Evolution" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.securelist.com/en/analysis/204792254/Kaspersky_Security_Bulletin_2012_Malware_Evolution</a>) doesn't include any issues specific to Windows.
Lame
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Windows has a reputation with enterprises as being full of security holes. Less than a month after it went on sale, Microsoft revealed fixes for four critical vulnerabilities.
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Would you prefer they were mandated to use iPhones?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e71d83eab8ea241e000012TantrumFri, 04 Jan 2013 13:20:51 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e71d83eab8ea241e000012
iOS security updates
You're so openly anti-Microsoft just because they are very transparent. It shows once again your ignorance of how enterprises work. Vulnerabilities exist everywhere, and enterprises know and understand that. They appreciate and prefer a partner who will be transparent about it to one who will be secretive and manipulative about it. So you prefer the Apple way, keep the users exposed with 190+ vulnerabilities until the next major release.
<a href="http://www.zdnet.com/apple-provides-197-security-reasons-to-upgrade-to-ios-6-7000004535/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" >http://www.zdnet.com/apple-provides-197-security-reasons-to-upgrade-to-ios-6-7000004535/</a>
BTW, did Apple fix those security issues for devices that cannot run iOS 6, like the first generation iPad?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e71815ecad04c91600000eVenomFri, 04 Jan 2013 12:57:41 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e71815ecad04c91600000e
We trust our defense to Microsoft, the most buggy, crash prone systems in the world?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e718026bb3f75503000003bucketheadFri, 04 Jan 2013 12:57:22 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e718026bb3f75503000003
Can we consider this taxpayer subsidization?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e715ca69bedd1766000028Sammy the Walrus IVFri, 04 Jan 2013 12:47:54 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e715ca69bedd1766000028
"These defense agencies were already customers of Microsoft."
You got to be kidding me. So now its post worthy when Microsoft simply holds on to current accounts? I knew it was bad, but wow, it must be really bad.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e715486bb3f7897900000bjunk scienceFri, 04 Jan 2013 12:45:44 -0500http://www.businessinsider.com/c/50e715486bb3f7897900000b
this is all msft has left...volume discounts and govt employees forced to use the univerally-panned windows8
why not top it off with a mandate that govt workers carry windows mobile phones too?